I'm very much against gay marriages, but the whole ruination of society thing I don't agree with. You make a good point though bringing the kids into it...we have no real examples of kids raised by gay couples, but I'd imagine it would further promote their unnatural lifestyle.
I'm gonna have to blow a whistle here.
from
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/27/MNG1H59R5Q1.DTL
news-article said:
... 17 percent of gay partnerships ended in divorce compared with 46 percent of the straight relationships
moreover, tons and tons of studies have been done, by actual sociologists (Spedale, et. al), which have shown that same-sex couples are equally conducive to successful child-rearing as are heterosexual couples.
Moreover, it does NOT promote an unnatural lifestyle. being gay is not learned behaviour and never will be. a homo can force himself not to express his homosexuality in choosing a partner, but just the same i'm sure i could try to date a guy and it would end in equal disaster. it just doesn't work trying to conform. blacks trying to look/act/be white.
I mean, I'm all for them getting all the financial benefits for being a married couple, I just don't like the idea of giving young kids that picture growing up, and eventually maybe trying to emulate.
moreover, because of the identity adversity that gays face, they tend to be more open-minded, more educated, and take better care of themselves. i've already discussed this, but these are traits that invariably imply they are at least as supportive and understanding as parents. in my personal experience, i've known three homosexual couples who have raised kids and not a one of them has even so much as joked about sexual preference or that their kids should be a certain way. and not a one of them wound up with a gay child (five kids between the three couples; one of them was my 3rd girlfriend).
it's not even the financial benefits gays want. imagine being with your partner for 20 some-odd years. your partner gets hospitalized. you want to go see him/her. the hospital tells you that you can't because "you're not family." regardless of the fact that you've lived with that person and shared a life for TWENTY YEARS and nobody knows him/her better than you do, and this is your dearest loved one: your life-partner, you are not allowed to see him/her at their death bed. likewise, after they die, since their house was in THEIR name and it wasn't ok for it to be in both of your names, you get evicted while the property goes through probate and may even be booted out for good from PERHAPS THE ONLY HOME YOU'VE KNOWN THROUGH YOUR ENTIRE ADULT LIFE because the family decides to do that.
give it serious thought, here..
~ dan ~